Is Visions of Chaos difficult to learn? I mean, compared to Apophysis, how hard would you say it is to use? I'd love to create fractals like the ones you make. I know I'll never get that good but I'd like to at least try!

Now Stacey let's not be so negative. I have been at this for a while. I started
making flames and IFS fract years ago. Actually way before Apophysis came down the pike. VOC is entirely different then Apophysis as you can make
several types of fractals, flames and much, much more. It is actually quite
easy as compared to Ultra Fractal. I highly recommend trying it. You can download a trial copy although it is limited in many ways. You will at least
get a look and test drive before you buy it.